NASA(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — A seven-year journey from Florida to Utah began Thursday night. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe blasted off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Thursday evening, beginning a multi-year journey to an asteroid called Read More
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — An Orlando-bound British Airways flight was diverted to Boston’s Logan International Airport Thursday afternoon after a passenger became unruly, officials said. British Airways flight 2039 — which originated at Read More
PhotoAlto/James Hardy/Getty Images(WATERBURY, Conn.) — A 911 operator has been fired from the Waterbury Police Department for what the department called unacceptable behavior during an August emergency call about an alleged robbery shooting. On Aug. 23, police said Read More
Scott Olson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Twenty drill instructors at the Marine boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina face possible criminal charges or administrative action for the abuse and mistreatment of recruits, the Marine Corps said. The actions result Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Two North Carolina men were arrested and charged for their alleged roles in hacking into the computers of several U.S. government officials and U.S. computer systems. Andrew Otto Boggs, a.k.a. “INCURSIO,” 22, and Justin Read More
GoFundMe(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A 14-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky, has been moving thousands of people on social media after a photograph of him giving away his shoes to a homeless man has gone viral. The act of kindness took place this Labor Day when the teen, Read More
Heather Nelson Thompson (SANTA FE, Texas) — Little Royce Woodrow Thompson may have been running late for school, but nothing was going to stop him from pledging his allegiance to the United States of America. As he was about to enter Roy J Wollam Elementary School, Read More
2001 The Record (Bergen Co. NJ)/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, an iconic image of first responders raising an American flag over the rubble of the fallen World Trade Center provided a symbol of hope and strength to many Americans. The Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — One person is dead after shooting a student at Alpine High School in Brewster County, Texas, Thursday morning. Brewster County Sheriff Ronny Dodson told ABC News that the shooter died from what appear to be self-inflicted wounds. Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — Two men are still on the loose in Chicago Thursday after robbing and shooting a senior citizen in broad daylight as the man was watering his front lawn. A recording of the incident caught by a neighbor’s security camera shows two Read More
